[wplug] What Does This SYSLOG Entry Mean?

[Robert Dale]

On Tue, 16 Jan 2001 jmh3 at linuxfreak.com wrote:

> On Tue, 16 Jan 2001, Richard A. Bilonick wrote:
> 
> > Does anyone know what this SYSLOG entry means?
> > 
> > Jan 16 09:02:19 6R:c1087015-a.baden1.pa.home.com 0312 400 DHCP SERVER
> > Offered        | Offering: 10.0.1.2  To: 003065112234  By: 24.23.99.148
> are you running dhcp on your firewall gateway for computers behind the
> firewall?
> 
> i think 10.0.1.2 is on the 10.0.0.0 reserved network for intranets. 
> the 24.23.99.148 resolves to your host name:c1087015-a.baden1.pa.home.com 
> 
> perhaps i'm reading this wrong, but it looks like a machine described by
> 003065112234 requested an ip address from 24.23.99.148 and the dhcp server
> gave it 10.0.1.2 in return?

Precisely.  003065112234 is Rick's MAC address.  24.23.99.148 is one of 
@Home's DHCP server.

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Robert Dale

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